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James Miller (Millermena)

@jamesmiller.bsky.social

The Casual Analyst: https://www.thecasualanalyst.com/ Expert on pro-democracy movements & the fight against autocrats in Ukraine, Russia, Syria & beyond. Liveblogging & OSINT pioneer, Twitter OG turned refugee (Millermena). Trying to save my own Republic

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Iran school and nearby military base struck multiple times, satellite image reveals Iranian authorities say the attack, which took place on Saturday, killed 168 people.

BBC Verify has pieced together verified videos, satellite imagery and expert views after a deadly attack near a primary school in Minab, souther Iran, which suggest the area was hit more than once "by multiple simultaneous or near-simultaneous strikes".

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Iranian Ship Was Leaving Indian Naval Exercise When Sunk, Raising Concerns in New Delhi The Iranian frigate sunk by a U.S. submarine last week had just left an Indian naval exercise. Now India's political opposition is demanding answers.

My lord! The frigate the US submarine torpedoed, the one the White House has been bragging about, was unarmed and headed home from an international naval exercise, hosted by India, that the US pulled out of at the last minute! www.military.com/daily-news/i...

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Liza greets Ukrainian Defenders returning from Russian captivity today

πŸ“Ή valera.glyhov/Tiktok

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Cancelled my subscription and started Claude AI once yesterday

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Exclusive: Iranian girls killed by β€˜double-tap’ strikes on Minab school Eyewitnesses describe second blast which killed survivors as they sheltered in prayer hall

It's likely either Israel or US not only bombed that school in Tehran but used a "double tap," hitting a second time to kill survivors.

Whether US or Israel did this, blood is on our hands. We bombed a school then bombed it again to make sure they were dead www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusi...

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Republican warmongers will never learn.

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On that map where Greenland looks big the distance between western Iraq/Syria and Iran looks small indeed...

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It needs to be said and Charles is saying it

05.03.2026 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

Not gonna share the video of Republican US Senator Tim Sheehy breaking a protesting Marine's hand, but you can find it on @charlotteclymer.bsky.social's timeline.

I'll just say that in a functional country, Sheehy would be expelled by the Senate.

Democratic Senators should publicly push for that.

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Al Udeid Air Base hit by Iranian missile, Qatar officials say

ICYMI: Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the U.S. military's largest installation in the Middle East, was struck by a missile Tuesday that slipped past air defenses as Iran's attacks on American sites across the region continue.

From Stars and Stripes' John Vandiver:

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Good morning, and may I say thank you to everyone who is reading, still following, and still caring about Ukraine. Gove yourself a little pat on the back, but then carry on spreading the word!

It's Day 1470 of Russia's 3-day special operation.
#TeamTim reporting for duty!

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Important not to make too much of an op-ed, but reporting elsewhere about Israel pushing for the involvement of the Kurds and the CIA working with the Kurds to prepare them to join in the fighting does signal that fragmentation of Iran (and possibly other states) is a possible goal of the operation.

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Yeah, the best time for Congress to act was last week, the second best time was Monday, the "well, it's now or never" time is now.

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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ 7th Corps of DSHV reports on operational situation in the Pokrovsk agglomeration

β–ͺ️AFU eliminated and wounded more than 1 thousand Russians in February. Also destroyed and damaged 38 guns and mortars, 4 units of armored vehicles, 84 units of motor vehicles and motorcycles, 5 anti-aircraft guns.

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Zelensky announced Ukrainian experts will deploy to the Middle East to help stabilize the situation, with teams already coordinating the details. He pledged the assistance will not weaken Ukraine's own defenses. #Ukraine

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BREAKING - Explosions heard near Baghdad International Airport

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Perhaps tens of thousands of Americans are in Iraq. They are teaching, working for aid groups, engineers working on construction/energy, security & intel, programming, even some tourists (mostly Iraqis visiting their homeland but yes).

They have virtually no way home right now. This is chaos

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There's no going back to normal after all this, folks

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Ah, it's unhappened.

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As someone who has survived multiple jaw bone infections and needed several endodontic treatments for tooth infections, let me tell you that this man died in one of the most painful ways possible

They tortured him. An untreated tooth infection is torture.

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I oversaw counterterrorism at DHS for two years in the first Trump administration.

I’ve never seen DHS less prepared to defend the U.S. against a terrorist attack.

And Trump took us to war five days ago β€” with a country that is hellbent on retaliating.

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Oil tanker struck last night east of Fujairah in UAE

Strait of Hormuz remains open, despite #Iran threats, but trade has dropped 80%

#IranWar #Israel

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Guys, the Italian unemployment rate has just fallen below the UK's.

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Reading articles about how the military is out of ammo then reading a headline like this really is wild

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Reading articles about how the military is out of ammo then reading a headline like this really is wild

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For years on my old blog I published the names of servicemembers who died in Iraq & Afghanistan. No other outlets were.

These are the first 4 Americans to die in the Iran War.
Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35
Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42
Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39
Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20

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I missed this gem yesterday

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